Contents
Undertaking i
Certificate iii
Acknowledgments v
Abstract ix
Table of contents xiii
List of figures xvii
List of tables xi
1 Introduction to the Study: Project Rationale’s 1
1.1 Background research1
1.2 Research Hypothesis 2
1.3 Research Question 2
1.4 Aim of the Research 2
1.5 Objectives2
1.6 Research Methodology 3
1.7 Scope and Limitation 6
2 Literature Review 7
2.1 What is financialsustainability? 7
2.2 What is cost recovery? 8
2.3 Legal Framework 8
2.4 Current Investments in MSWM 13
2.5 Best practices and Key learnings 15
3 Solid Waste Management in Ajmer: Assessment of the existing situation 18
3.1 Background to Ajmer 18
3.2 Demography: Ward wise population 19
3.3 Exsiting SWS practices in Ajmer 22
3.3.1 Solid waste Collection and Disposal 23
3.3.2 Street Disposal 26
3.3.3 Study on rag pickers: Integrating the loop 27
3.3.4 Institutional framework and human resource 29
4 Assessment of municipal finance of Ajmer 37
4.1 Background and methodology 37
4.2 Financial performance of the AMC 38
4.3 Analysis of revenue income and expenditure 40
4.4 Revenue expenditure on solid waste management services 43
4.5 Revenue income on Solid Waste Management services 44
4.6 Cost estimates for MSWM services for AMC as per standards 45
5 A cleaner Ajmer by 2030 48
5.1. Levying UserCharges as an option for Increasing Revenue 49
5.2. Diversifying revenues through sales of recyclables or recovery of resources 50
5.3. Shared financing (PPP) to improve the quality of services and reducing the
burden on AMC 51
5.4. Option 4: Cost reduction and cost effectiveness 57
6 Conclusion & Way Forward58
References xiii
Appendix 1: Questionnaire template xvi